Broadcaster Press 5 June 2, 2015 www.broadcasteronline.com 67th ANNUAL CZECH DAYS The 67 Annial Czech Days will be held in Tabor on June 19th and 20th, 2015. Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival on the midway and the Craft Fair in the school gym kick off the 67th Annual Czech Days celebration beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 18th. The 10th annual Rich Schild fireworks display after the Tabor Bluebirds baseball game with Freeman at 7:30 p.m. in Leonard Cimpl Park will conclude the first day of the Czech Days celebration. Miss Liz Kubal, 2014 Czech Days Queen, along with Princess Isabella Kreber and Prince Braden Beran, welcome all visitors to the 67th annual Czech Days celebration at Tabor on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Czech meals will only be served on Friday and Saturday. The INFORMATION CENTER will be open Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. KOLACE AND ROLL BAKING DEMONSTRATIONS will be held both Friday and Saturday in the Information Center kitchen. On Friday the demonstrator will be Ann Beran and on Saturday the demonstrator will be Abby Kokesh. DANIELA MAHONEY, folk artist and publisher from Portland, Oregon, will be presenting six hands on workshops on Paper Cutting, Wheat Weaving, Dough Ornament making, and Egg Decorating with hot wax, blue ink, and straw/paper application in the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Walk-ins are welcomed. NATIONAL CZECH MUSEUM traveling exhibits are also located in the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. “Leaving Czechoslovakia” and “Witness to the Revolution: Accounts from Americans Who Were There”. The Czech Days CRAFT SHOW located in the school gym north of St. Wenceslaus church will be open on Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. An authentic mini CZECH PIONEER VILLAGE AND MUSEUM is open to the public both days. Walking tours in the village featuring the newly constructed brick paver Heritage Walk may be taken. Homemade noodles and playing cards featuring old Tabor pictures are available for sale. Adjacent to the park is the BLACHNIK MUSEUM, which is also open to the public both days. A special CZECH DAYS STAMP CANCELLATION will be held at the Post Office Friday, June 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Also on Saturday the cancellation will take place at the Information Center from 2 p.m. to 4 pm. ST. JOHN’S ILLUSTRATED BIBLE, on loan from Mt. Marty College, will be on display at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church on Friday starting at 10:00 a.m. and Saturday starting at noon. FRIDAY activities begin at 10:45 a.m. in Vancura Memorial Park with a Memorial Service for deceased members of the Czech Heritage Preservation Society that have passed away during the past year followed by a non-denominational church service. The GIANT PARADE begins at 1:00 p.m. followed with the opening program in Sokol Park featuring dedication ceremonies to the late Mildred Cimpl followed by free concerts by Bob Vrbsky, Gregory Polka Band, NASE MALA KAPELA and the POLKA DANCE-OFF CONTEST with Erin Sedlacek as MC. The 2015 Czech Days Queen Talent Contest and Costume Judging will take place at 7:00 p.m. with the TABOR 1890 BAND concert following and the performance by the 248 member famed TABOR BESEDA DANCERS concluding the evening activities on Friday. SATURDAY—The KOLACHE KRAWL FUN RUN/WALK will take place at Leonard Cimpl Park starting at 8:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded. th Heartland Humane Society Partners with Downtown Vermillion for Taste & Tour YANKTON, S.D. (May. Agency and Leo’s Sports Registration begins at 28, 2015) – Tickets are on Bar and Grill. Wine and beer 6:30 p.m. at The Varsity. The sale for the fourth annual tasting, juices and waters, night ends at 9:15 at The Heartland Humane Society appetizers, Maki Rolls, slidVarsity with raffle prizes, Taste & Tour in downtown ers, games, a book signing by followed by two hours of live Vermillion. Matthew Moen, and music music from The Clutch. The event will start at by The Clutch will all be Heartland Humane Soci6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June included in the event. Each ety serves Yankton, Vermil13, and will feature VIP location offers a chance to lion, and the surrounding passes to 10 businesses in area, protecting and enhancVermillion for food, drinks, ing the lives of companion raffles, shopping, live enteranimals by promoting tainment and more. healthy relationships beCOURTESY PHOTO “Taste and Tour is one tween pets and people. For Czech Days Queen 2014 Liz Kubal of our biggest fundraismore information about HHS ing events for Heartland or the Taste & Tour, visit The KIDDIE PARADE begins at 11:00 a.m. Humane Society, and we Heartland Humane Society one block east of St. Wenceslaus Church. are so excited to have so online at www.heartlandhuThe route goes one block south and 1/2 many great local busimanesociety.net. block west and ends up in Sokol Park where nesses supporting this About Heartland all activities take place. Any child who is not event,” said Christa Kraig, Humane Society yet 12 years of age may participate in the shelter coordinator at Heartland Humane Society parade. Bring your entry to the start of the Heartland Humane Society. is a private non-profit 501(c)3 parade route by 10:00 a.m. for assignment “All proceeds will fund our corporation governed by a of category and number. The categories operating costs for vet care volunteer Board of Directors. are: Dolls, Bicycle, Pet, and Miscellaneous. and animal expenses.” win a raffle prize valued at It was established in 2006 Parade entry forms may be downloaded from Tickets are $25 each and $100 or more. from a group formerly known For a full list of what is the Czech Days web site at www.taborczech- can be purchased online at as the Yankton Area Humane http://heartlandhumanesohappening, visit http://heart- Society. HHS primarily serves days.com. ciety.net/events/taste-andlandhumanesociety.net/ Any child interested in being selected Yankton, Clay and Cedar tour-tickets/, or at the HHS events/. for Czech Days Prince or Princess does not counties, with an additional shelter located at 3400 E. “This event is a chance to 11 county areas often receivneed to participate in the Kiddie parade but Highway 50 in Yankton, or at ensure more strays find permust be dressed in a Czech costume such as ing its services. HHS is a manent homes in 2015 and worn by the Beseda Dancers. The new Czech Nook ‘n’ Cranny in Vermillimited admissions facility, lion. You can also purchase a chance to get everyone in Days Prince and Princess will be selected taking in animals by appointtickets by calling the shelter the communities together by random drawing on the Sokol Park stage ment and only when appropriat 605.664.4244. for a great cause,” Kranig following the Kiddie Parade. Boys and girls ate space and resources are The event will include said. “Our shelter runs 100 must be at least 8 years old and not yet 12 available to care for them. As stops at Carey’s Bar, Lumo percent on private donayears old at the time of the drawing. The a non-profit, it relies 100 perStudios, Nook n’ Cranny, tions, and events like this are cent on private donations and contestant should be living in the immediate Sharing the Dream, Pets critical to our success. We area as there are parades and other events receives no state or federal Paw, The Varsity, Maloney hope if you have a love for that they will be expected to participate in. funding. Real Estate, Infinite Variety, pets that you will consider ENCORE OF QUEEN CANDIDATES TALENT Sara Bye Farmers Insurance joining us.” follows the coronation. MASTER’S CORRAL EXOTIC ANIMALS, RIVER CITY GYMNASTICS AND CHEER COMPETITIVE TEAMS, AND CLOWNS AND BALLOONS will all be in Sokol Park following the Kiddie Parade. The SANCTIONED PEDAL TRACTOR PULL COMPETITION will take place at 1:30 p.m. on The University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences has the street south of Sokol Park with the pull announced faculty awards for the 2014-2015 school year. being run by Chad Stevicks and the C & D Becca Jordre, DPT, Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Pedal Pullers. BOB VRBSKY BAND will be providing Therapy, was recognized for outstanding research. Jordre’s research music in Sokol Park starting at 3:00 p.m. involved geriatric athletes and the management of urinary incontinence, The CZECH POLKA MASS will take place and she also researched problems related to ergonomics for dental at 5:00 p.m. in St. Wenceslaus Catholic hygiene practitioners. Rasmussen Church. Kay Rasmussen, M.S., M.L.S. Assistant Professor and Chair of A free concert will take place at 5:30 p.m. the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, was recognized for in Sokol Park followed by the TABOR 1890 BAND concert and the TABOR BESEDA DANC- her outstanding teaching. Rasmussen’s teaching interests include ERS and the crowning of the 2015 Czech Days Hematology and Microbiology. Laurie Lind, M.S. an instructor in Health Sciences, received the 2015 Queen with Freddy’s Combo providing the music for the Coronation Ball in Beseda Hall. “Champion of Inclusive Excellence” award from the President’s Council on There will be a PICKUP AND TRACTOR Diversity and Inclusiveness. Lind’s award noted that she demonstrated PULL on Sunday, June 22 at noon south of the outstanding leadership promoting inclusive excellence at USD. Tabor Co-op Fertilizer Plant on the south side Jordre of Tabor. For more information call (605) 660-3497. Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival will offer Wrist Band usage on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday afternoon from noon to 6 p.m. only. Regular and Advance Tickets will be allowed anytime during the four days the Merriam’s Midway Shows will be set up. For additional information contact: Tabor Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 21, Tabor, SD 57063-0021 OR Telephone: (605) 463-2478 OR Check out our web page at: Need a better http://www.taborczechdays.com • www. way to get facebook.com/TaborCzechDays OR E-mail us around? at: taborczechdays@yahoo.com USD Faculty Awards Presented Planning Comm. Openings Announced The City of Vermillion has five terms expiring on the Planning Commission Board in June. 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